sexually

English

Etymology

sexual +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adverb

sexually (comparative more sexually, superlative most sexually)

In a sexual manner: erotically.
She kissed him sexually.
With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).
The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices.
With respect to sexual intercourse.
He was sexually active by the age of fifteen.
By means of sexual intercourse.
AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases.

A parrot is a sexually reproducing organism.

Derived terms

(by means of intercourse): sexually transmitted disease, STD

Translations

in a sexual manner

Albanian: seksualisht
Catalan: sexualment (ca)
Czech: sexuálně (cs)
Esperanto: sekse
French: sexuellement (fr)
Galician: sexualmente (gl)
German: sexuell (de)
Greek: σεξουαλικά (el) (sexoualiká)
Italian: sessualmente (it)
Maltese: sesswalment
Norwegian:
Bokmål: seksuelt

Nynorsk: seksuelt
Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
Russian: сексуа́льно (ru) (sɛksuálʹno)
Slovak: sexuálne
Spanish: sexualmente (es)
Swedish: sexuellt (sv)

with respect to sex (division)

Galician: sexualmente (gl)
Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
Russian: по полово́му при́знаку (po polovómu príznaku)
Slovak: rodovo
Spanish: sexualmente (es)
Swedish: köns-

with respect to intercourse

Albanian: seksualisht
Catalan: sexualment (ca)
Galician: sexualmente (gl)
Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
Russian: сексуа́льно (ru) (sɛksuálʹno)
Slovak: sexuálne
Spanish: sexualmente (es)
Swedish: sexuellt (sv)

by means of intercourse

Albanian: seksualisht
Galician: sexualmente (gl)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: seksuelt

Nynorsk: seksuelt
Portuguese: sexualmente (pt)
Russian: половы́м путём (polovým putjóm)
Slovak: pohlavne
Spanish: sexualmente (es)
Swedish: sexuellt (sv)

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